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title: "The situation: How the weekend’s results change West Ham’s survival chances"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2026/05/06/west-ham-survival-situation-gameweek-35/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Bottomley"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2026-05-06T05:30:00Z"
modified: "2026-05-06T05:30:00Z"
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# The situation: How the weekend’s results change West Ham’s survival chances

- **West Ham lost 3-0 to Brentford on Saturday**
- **The loss drops the Hammers into the bottom three**
- **Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 2-1**

West Ham United fell back into the Premier League’s relegation zone as they lost 3-0 to Brentford. [The crushing loss](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/03/brentford-3-0-west-ham-premier-league/) left the door open for the Hammers to drop down the table and with [Tottenham Hotspurs](https://readtottenham.com/) victory over [Aston Villa](https://readwestham.com/2026/03/22/aston-villa-2-0-west-ham-premier-league/) on Sunday night, it was the worst case scenario for [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/).

[Nuno Espirito Santo’s team](https://readwestham.com/2026/05/04/nuno-espirito-santo-west-ham-defeat-brentford/) had their chances in the first-half on Saturday afternoon, but failed to show in the second, and finished the 90 minutes roundly beaten.

With the Irons losing it left the door open for Spurs. [Aston Villa](https://readastonvilla.com/) named a much-changed team with Thursday night’s Europa League tie on their mind and Tottenham took the initiative, with Conor Gallagher scoring early. Richarlison would score in the second-half and it was more than enough to guide Spurs to not only three points and a ticket out of the relegation zone.

| **#** | **Team** | **PL** | **W** | **D** | **L** | **GD** | **P** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 | TOT | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 37 |
| 18 | WHU | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -19 | 36 |

## 16th, 15th, 14th

Nottingham Forest took another huge step towards safety as they dismantled [Chelsea](https://readchelsea.com/) 3-1. Vitor Periera’s side also have eyes on the Europa League, but the changes made no difference to the performance as Taiwo Awonyi scored twice in the comprehensive victory.

[Crystal Palace](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/20/crystal-palace-0-0-west-ham-premier-league/) may be all but safe but could not stop themselves from losing 3-0 to [AFC Bournemouth](https://readwestham.com/2026/02/22/west-ham-0-0-afc-bournemouth-premier-league-26/). Like a lot of the team’s in this scenario, they too have a European tie on Thursday. Unlike Forest, he Eagles were torn apart by a Cherries side chasing the top six this season.

[Leeds United](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/05/west-ham-0-2-leeds-united/) all but confirmed their place in the Premier League next season, as they beat already-relegated Burnley 3-1 on Friday night. The Lilywhites got over their FA Cup semi-final loss in style with Anton Stach, Noah Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin all netting in the win.

## The bottom two

Burnley could not find any fight as they lost to Leeds United. The Clarets are firmly looking at next season with what looks like a very tired team, that just never had the quality this season.

[Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/10/west-ham-4-0-wolverhampton-wanderers-premier-league/) on the other hand, put on a strong performance as they drew 1-1 with [Sunderland](https://readsunderland.com/). Wolves came from behind to secure the point as Dan Ballard saw red in the first-half.

The midlands side could catch Burnley this weekend, taking them off the bottom of the table.